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Bring Out Your Dead : The Great Plague of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793 /

In 1793 a disastrous plague of yellow fever paralyzed Philadelphia, killing thousands of residents and bringing the nation's capital city to a standstill. In this psychological portrait of a city in terror, J. H. Powell presents a penetrating study of human nature revealing itself. Bring Out Yo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Powell, J. H. (John Harvey), 1914-1971 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1993]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Bring Out Your Dead; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction to the 1993 Edition; Preface to the 1949 Edition; Acknowledgments; ''A Merry, Sinful Summer""; Infection in Water Street; Fever, Domestic and Foreign; Prevention, Personal and Civic; Crisis; Panic; ""This Excellent Physician""; Bush Hill; The Committee; ""Sangrado""; The Fugitives; Height of the Plague; Frost; Afterwards; Notes; Index. 
520 |a In 1793 a disastrous plague of yellow fever paralyzed Philadelphia, killing thousands of residents and bringing the nation's capital city to a standstill. In this psychological portrait of a city in terror, J. H. Powell presents a penetrating study of human nature revealing itself. Bring Out Your Dead is an absorbing account, form the original sources, of an infamous tragedy that left its mark on all it touched. 
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